Bloody Typography!

This time around, I was tasked with labeling a font with just the usual stuff
Legs, arms, shoulders. counters, bowls, etc.

The idea was that the typography would have a piece of my personality, and so I did a quiz.

I told them I was emotional, and then I got a dot matrix font... Which really isn't emotional, but instead logical.

I don't know -shrug-

I feel like I'm missing a few, like the M might have a stroke instead of a stem, and I can't use any of the fancy G terminology because I don't have any Gs in my name.

Fun.

Cubes Everywhere!

Following the tutorial on
http://www.lynda.com/Illustrator-tutorials/242-Creating-cube-differently-colored-cubes/76067/143225-4.html
I was tasked with both following his steps, changing it around, and then making it my own.

First, following his steps. Pretty simple and self explanatory.

This time around, I used his to create something new. The only thing that really changed was the increase of cubes (enough to fill the image) and the red. I chose the other colors, which make the yellow feel a tiny bit off. The dark doesn't seem dark enough...

And then here, trying to make something my own. Many people seemed to have been going in really odd directions, many people making abstract images by squashing shapes. Instead, I decided to take it one step further. If a squashed cube is still a cube, a rectangle (which a cube is) should work as well, right? I learned how to use the Extrude and tried to use it to create a block giraffe in the style of my drawing 1 class project.

Back to school blog post

My first assignment back was to blog about what Graphic Design relates to me, and why I cherish it.
When I was in... I want to say Freshman year, I went to a seminar with my best friend, and they defined Graphic Design as "the art or skill of combining elements"
They kept it open in order for it to define really anything anyone wanted to throw at it. You're making a logo? Combine colors in a way that works and makes sense. You're making a website or a brochure or a magazine cover or etc and you are just getting your elements and placing them down in a pleasing-to-the-eye manner.

WIth almost 4 years of E-Communication under my belt, and looking at Colleges, I'm starting to find less interest in Graphic Design. I love traditional art, and also love digital art... More than anything, I love mixed media. Trying to find out new ways to blend the regular painting or charcoal sketch and put it into a computer to really make it pop. I suppose this also makes sense since I enjoy Photoshop, which is barely used by seasoned pros in the field.
All that being said, I'm thinking of pursuing a job in Illustration. I get to delve into myself and try to develop my own style, while also getting taught more in depth on color theory and just general drawing.

Hopefully, I will get to learn more realistic/gritty stuff and also cartoony/innocent stuff on a variety of media.

Anyway, that's what graphic design is to me.

(Mixed Media Portrait by Danny O'Conner)

Paint

Kerning makes me feel dead inside

This game is honestly kinda interesting, because there is no real reason you'd need it unless if you wanted your kerning to be the very best it ever will be I guess?
I understand the potential value that could be given, to be the very best there ever was at looking at something and feeling something else is off..

OH, BEFORE I FORGET (I am really enjoying caps lately)
1) http://type.method.ac/#
2) PICTURE

Although, to be fair, this was my third attempt (maybe fourth?) and each time I learned something newww, like I didn't know more than one letter could be moved, while this time in particular it was 3 letters that had to be moved, I'm still kinda proud I got it.

I really wish I got the word Bloody, I feel like I'd get a perfect 1000/100 on that one.

PIXEL PERFECTIONN

eMagine bored me to deathh

Okay, not really bored, but it's hard to stay consistent and fresh all the time.

eMagine is an event held by E-Comm annually to celebrate students who are really good at what they do. It's structure is similar to an awards ceremony, but I also dislike how only E-Comm students are required to go, while if anyone from their schools doesn't want to, they don't have to. I had a fun time, but I think it would be much better if only people who really cared wanted to go, or maybe offer extra credit.

I know of many people who just decided not to go.

ANYWAY
I had a fun time going, and it was rather fun knowing half the people who got called up, but I also felt sorry for the few people who really poured their heart into it and they didn't get nearly as far.

Google's Doodles are killin' it

Although most people notice, I suppose some don't quite realize it.
Google doesn't have the most flexible of logo, but they try to make it work, well, for everything. They call it a Doodle, whenever there is a holiday or some big celebration, (someone important would be 155!, etc) then they make a specialized, sometimes even localized logo. That is, the US gets an Independence Day logo, while the UK or Canada doesn't have anything. There are many examples on http://www.google.com/doodles/finder/2014/All%20doodles

They even have contests regularly for certain events they hold, like I myself put in a piece, although it didn't get that far (if it got anywhere, I was really bad with digital art when I made it).
The rewards are awesome, so why not enter?
Well, besides that it is locked in to student entries, I suppose.

Edited to add pictureesss
Because I didn't realize how many people would add them in ;_;
I NEED TO CONFORMM

Bloody Dictatorship Away!!

We were instructed to make a minimalistic poster of an old movie, and I, loving all things open and understanding, decided to do The Great Dictator (1940).

It is a satirical political comedy-drama made by Charlie Chaplin about Hitler. (above is my poster, with the "Nazi" logo replacing eyes, with a Hitler mustache)

Our requirements were not many colors and 2-3 'things'